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Votes at a glance: Canton City Council actions on Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
Council approved consent contracts, denied an annexation request, approved multiple zoning/master-plan requests, postponed a hospital development agreement, approved an alley abandonment and supported a county CDAP application. No Vision Zero vote tonight; resolution to return at a future meeting.
At its Feb. 20 meeting, the Canton City Council took or recorded action on several rezoning, contract and administrative items. The council approved the consent agenda of tasks and contracts, denied an annexation request on a Knox Bridal Highway residential development, approved zoning applications for Rivergreen pods J1/J2 and amendments to the Park Village master plan, postponed action on a Northside Hospital intersection development agreement to March 6, approved abandonment and quitclaim of an alley at West Marietta Street, and voted to send a letter supporting Cherokee County—s CDAP application for a Pea Ridge small-area plan.
Key outcomes
- Consent agenda (approved): Items A D were adopted together. Item A: renewal task order for professional engineering services with Black & Veatch Corporation (vendor listed; contract renewal). Item B: binding agreement with Georgia Power Company for distribution relocation/conversion, amount $748,683.17. Item C: Task Order 7 for West Main Street Pedestrian Bridge Concepts to Practical Design Partners LLC, $76,500. Item D: Task Order 7 for Highway 140 at Reinhardt College Parkway intersection improvements to Michael Baker International, $44,479.14. Council approved the consent agenda by motion; the meeting record states "all members voted for the motion."
- Annexation/rezone/master-plan (ANNX2409-1, RZON2409-2, MP2409-3): Council considered a request to annex and rezone roughly 58.29 acres on Knox Bridal Highway for a proposed residential subdivision of 200 single-family homes. The applicant had submitted a revised plan and a traffic study; staff noted the applicant asked to table to allow further traffic evaluation. Councilmember Young moved to deny the annexation; the motion carried with the record noting all members voted for the motion except Mr. Roach, who recused himself. Outcome: annexation denied; rezoning/master-plan not approved at this time.
- Rivergreen pods J1/J2 (CUP2411-004 and ZCA2411-003): Council approved a zoning condition amendment and conditional use permit requested by JWC Lakeside LLC to change two pods from single-family detached to a mix of 95 for-sale townhomes and 6 single-family detached units (total units for Lakemont at Rivergreen limited to 101). Staff read recommended conditions, including preserving a 50-foot rear setback where noted, parking design approvals, and prohibiting blocking sidewalks by vehicles. Motion to approve passed; the meeting record states all members voted for the motion.
- Park Village master plan amendments (ZCA2412-2; MPA2412-112-1; CUP identifier as recorded in packet): Council approved a zoning condition amendment, master plan amendment and conditional use permit for the Becker development on about 37.8 acres at the north end of town. Staff recommended multiple conditions, including perimeter buffers, setbacks, limits on building lighting orientation, a traffic study requirement with land disturbance permit, delivery-hour limits and provisions to allow plant rescue access prior to land disturbance. Motion to approve passed; record states all members present voted for the motion.
- Northside Hospital Cherokee intersection (development agreement): Council postponed action to the March 6 meeting so staff can provide the correct development agreement that would convert the city's one-third contribution into road impact fee credits; the postponement motion carried.
- Alley abandonment, West Marietta Street (quitclaim deed to Gamesa Properties LLC): Council voted to abandon the alley and execute a quitclaim deed to the applicant for the development of eight single-family homes. Staff said there is no evidence the alley has been used; motion passed by the council.
- Cherokee County CDAP support: Council voted to provide a letter supporting Cherokee County and the Charlie Ferguson Community Center—s Community Development Assistance Program (CDAP) application to the Atlanta Regional Commission for a small-area plan for the historic Pea Ridge community. Motion passed unanimously.
Votes recorded in the meeting minutes were summarized by the mayor as "all members voted for the motion" for most items; individual roll-call tallies were not read aloud for every item in the audio transcript. Where a recusal occurred, the record notes the member by name.
